raremaprare-disease reference indexOrphadata 2026-06-23 · HPO 2026-09-01
ORPHA:91483

Rieger anomaly

Type
Morphological anomaly
Group
Disorder
Inheritance
Autosomal dominant
Age of onset
Neonatal
Status
active

Rieger's anomaly is a congenital ocular defect caused by anterior segment dysgenesis and is characterized by severe anterior chamber deformity with prominent strands and marked atrophy of the iris stroma, with hole or pseudo-hole formation and corectopia. The term covers the association of these iris and pupil anomalies with the features of Axenfeld’s anomaly.

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Names in Orphadata languages

12 of 12 languages
LangNameSynonyms
enRieger anomaly
frAnomalie de RiegerAnomalie de Rieger-Axenfeld
deRieger-AnomalieRieger-Axenfeld-Anomalie
esAnomalía de RiegerAnomalía de Rieger-Axenfeld
itAnomalia di RiegerAnomalia di Axenfeld-Rieger
nlRieger-anomalieAfwijking van Rieger · Anomalie van Rieger
ptAnomalia de Rieger-Axenfeld
plZespół Riegera
csRiegerova anomálie
ukАномалія Рігера
zhRieger综合征
trRieger anomalisi

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Cross-references

qualifier = Orphanet mapping relation
SourceCodeQualifierICD relationValidation
OMIM137600BTNTvalidated
OMIM601631NTBTvalidated
OMIM602482NTBTvalidated
ICD-10Q13.8NTBTinclusionvalidated
ICD-11LA11.2NTBTindexvalidated
MONDO0019628Evalidated
UMLSC0265341Evalidated
MedDRA10059198Evalidated

E exact · NTBT this ORPHAcode is narrower than the target · BTNT broader than the target · ND not decided.

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Classification

Preferential parent (Orphanet linearisation):

Parents in the classifications (1):

No children.

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Genes

2 direct
GeneAssociationStatusHGNCEnsemblOMIMLocusNameSource of validation
FOXC1Disease-causing germline mutation(s) inAssessedHGNC:3800ENSG000000545986010906p25.3forkhead box C19620769[PMID]_11170889[PMID]
PITX2Disease-causing germline mutation(s) inAssessedHGNC:9005ENSG000001640936015424q25paired like homeodomain 219513095[PMID]_24433355[PMID]
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Prevalence and incidence

0 records

No prevalence record in this release.

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HPO phenotypes

Orphanet has no HPO annotation for this code in this release.

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Sources for this card